Livio Liechti
@livliilvil.bsky.social
grant writer and researcher | publisher and editor papertrail.world | riso printing apprentice | flâneur | street library enthusiast
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When you build an unprecedented amount of renewable energy but it gets used to meet new data centre demand instead of replacing fossil fuels
February 3, 2026 at 1:10 PM
When you build an unprecedented amount of renewable energy but it gets used to meet new data centre demand instead of replacing fossil fuels
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“But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance”
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
January 29, 2026 at 6:09 AM
“But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance”
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Me when I find out my employer, maker of software solutions for genocide, is doing bad things: 😧
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Me when I find out my employer, maker of software solutions for genocide, is doing bad things: 😧
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‼️New article out "Thirsty Forests and Expansive Droughts: The Environmental Impacts of Data Centers in Latin America" where we investigate the feral effects of cloud industry's compensatory projects to mitigate environmental impacts.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
January 27, 2026 at 1:23 PM
‼️New article out "Thirsty Forests and Expansive Droughts: The Environmental Impacts of Data Centers in Latin America" where we investigate the feral effects of cloud industry's compensatory projects to mitigate environmental impacts.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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Sheep herder announces new skills training courses, sponsored by wolves!
After announcing it in the summer, today the UK government launched free training courses to AI upskill workers. It's free because it's funded by big-tech companies such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and others, and not by local organisations in the UK who have been working with communities->
January 28, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Sheep herder announces new skills training courses, sponsored by wolves!
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Their entire industry deserves to die
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
Anthropic's philosopher says we don't know for sure if AI can feel
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
www.businessinsider.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Their entire industry deserves to die
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In Amsterdam komt een hyperscale voor Microsoft, ondanks het verbod op hyperscales
In Amsterdam komt een hyperscale voor Microsoft, ondanks het verbod op hyperscales
Bij het Westelijk Havengebied verrijzen drie nieuwe, hoge datatorens. De kritiek op het immense stroomverbruik en de Amerikaanse digitale dominantie zwelt aan. Voor de vergunning is een handigheidje gebruikt: het is niet één, maar het zijn drie datacenters.
www.nrc.nl
January 26, 2026 at 4:00 AM
In Amsterdam komt een hyperscale voor Microsoft, ondanks het verbod op hyperscales
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So glad this is being used in schools and universities.
Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as source, tests reveal
Guardian found OpenAI’s platform cited Grokipedia on topics including Iran and Holocaust deniers
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:40 PM
So glad this is being used in schools and universities.
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A very strange turn of phrase in a WaPo article about protein I was using to distract myself from the runaway bus: “Entire data centers are devoted to the debate…”
This seems new, measuring online discourse in data center usage
This seems new, measuring online discourse in data center usage
January 20, 2026 at 6:52 PM
A very strange turn of phrase in a WaPo article about protein I was using to distract myself from the runaway bus: “Entire data centers are devoted to the debate…”
This seems new, measuring online discourse in data center usage
This seems new, measuring online discourse in data center usage
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for me, this may be the funniest product offering in the AI bubble so far
January 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM
for me, this may be the funniest product offering in the AI bubble so far
Loved listening to this episode. Includes some really poignant commentary on the “impoverished position” of projecting all our hopes onto AI as a viable future-making technology.
"It's a morbid symptom, Anglo-futurism, and that's where British politics is, it is stuck with the fantasies of world leadership and renewal through deregulation. I mean, it's tragic. That's where we are."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSxc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSxc...
January 16, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Loved listening to this episode. Includes some really poignant commentary on the “impoverished position” of projecting all our hopes onto AI as a viable future-making technology.
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Been googling a lot of simple facts for a piece I’m writing — re religious and demographic breakdown of countries, and of course google comes back with the AI generated response up top and it’s really wild how often it’s flat out wrong or misleading. On facts!
January 16, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Been googling a lot of simple facts for a piece I’m writing — re religious and demographic breakdown of countries, and of course google comes back with the AI generated response up top and it’s really wild how often it’s flat out wrong or misleading. On facts!
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"research" means to investigate or study something closely. if you flush a toilet and take whatever burbling sounds come out that's not research lol
January 13, 2026 at 10:33 PM
"research" means to investigate or study something closely. if you flush a toilet and take whatever burbling sounds come out that's not research lol
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it's not research if you use chatGPT. i don't even mean this in a derisive way, it's just literally not research. if you just want plausible-looking words disconnected from any context except the query you gave it, then chatgpt is great. but that's not research.
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
January 13, 2026 at 10:31 PM
it's not research if you use chatGPT. i don't even mean this in a derisive way, it's just literally not research. if you just want plausible-looking words disconnected from any context except the query you gave it, then chatgpt is great. but that's not research.
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Why would I use the sycophantic fancy autocorrect for research?
I’m a professional researcher for a living, I have skills, standards, and a sense of shame.
I’m a professional researcher for a living, I have skills, standards, and a sense of shame.
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
January 13, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Why would I use the sycophantic fancy autocorrect for research?
I’m a professional researcher for a living, I have skills, standards, and a sense of shame.
I’m a professional researcher for a living, I have skills, standards, and a sense of shame.
January 9, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Finally finished this amazing book by @triofrancos.bsky.social. An absolute must read for anyone who cares about “green” exctractivism and how we might possibly overcome it through global solidarity – and of course relentless trans-local organising!
January 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Finally finished this amazing book by @triofrancos.bsky.social. An absolute must read for anyone who cares about “green” exctractivism and how we might possibly overcome it through global solidarity – and of course relentless trans-local organising!
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2025 was just two dumb LLMs telling each other “exaaaaactlyyyy”
December 22, 2025 at 9:14 AM
2025 was just two dumb LLMs telling each other “exaaaaactlyyyy”
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Finally in English:
"The Swiss government was also on the tech company’s wish list, but no deal ever came to be. The country’s federal agencies and army have so far shied away from cooperation."
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/war-peac...
"The Swiss government was also on the tech company’s wish list, but no deal ever came to be. The country’s federal agencies and army have so far shied away from cooperation."
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/war-peac...
Why Palantir is becoming a risky bet for Switzerland
Zurich serves as a hub for US tech company Palantir’s business relations. The Swiss foreign ministry now has the company in its sights, because of its controversial role in Gaza.
www.swissinfo.ch
December 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Finally in English:
"The Swiss government was also on the tech company’s wish list, but no deal ever came to be. The country’s federal agencies and army have so far shied away from cooperation."
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/war-peac...
"The Swiss government was also on the tech company’s wish list, but no deal ever came to be. The country’s federal agencies and army have so far shied away from cooperation."
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/war-peac...
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If you can’t be bothered to do your own research, develop your own ideas, and bring it all together in your own words that you have written then why on earth are you in academia?
December 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
If you can’t be bothered to do your own research, develop your own ideas, and bring it all together in your own words that you have written then why on earth are you in academia?
New data by CBS, the Dutch statistics agency, suggest that data centres consumed 4,6 % of the Netherlands’ electricity in 2024. In 2017, data centre consumption amounted to just 1,5 % of all electricity supplied.
www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2...
www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2...
December 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
New data by CBS, the Dutch statistics agency, suggest that data centres consumed 4,6 % of the Netherlands’ electricity in 2024. In 2017, data centre consumption amounted to just 1,5 % of all electricity supplied.
www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2...
www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2...
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the re-emergence of zines as samizdat in the US right now www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Gen Zine: DIY publications find new life as a form of resistance against Trump
Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:19 AM
the re-emergence of zines as samizdat in the US right now www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Oh, and they collect and keep it even if they deny your application. Plus the $160 fee.
December 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Oh, and they collect and keep it even if they deny your application. Plus the $160 fee.
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Hey… pssst. The reason why the 5 year social media histories are only being asked of ESTA applicants is because the US government has been collecting social media information of visa applicants for almost a decade now. Once again, migration rights were the canary in the coal mine.
December 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Hey… pssst. The reason why the 5 year social media histories are only being asked of ESTA applicants is because the US government has been collecting social media information of visa applicants for almost a decade now. Once again, migration rights were the canary in the coal mine.
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how much water does it take to disrupt the careers of millions of people? how much water does it take to make deepfakes of underage kids? how much water does it take to exacerbate people's mental health crises? is there a good number? is there an acceptable number?
December 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
how much water does it take to disrupt the careers of millions of people? how much water does it take to make deepfakes of underage kids? how much water does it take to exacerbate people's mental health crises? is there a good number? is there an acceptable number?